National Capital Region Organics Task Force

Date: 3 Dec 2012 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The National Capital Region Organics Task Force is a group of government, public interest, institutional and business representatives working to expand recovery, full capture and utilization of organic materials in the metropolitan Washington, DC region. The Task Force is chaired by: Brenda Platt, Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) John Snarr, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) … Read More

Commentary: “Trashed”

Date: 27 Nov 2012 | posted in: Waste to Wealth | 1 Facebooktwitterredditmail

“Trashed: No Place For Waste” is a new film by Candida Brady, narrated by Jeremy Irons. It now joins “Wasteland” and “Gasland” as must see movies that are providing critical insight and forming popular opinion on the human made problems that literally threaten the basis for life on the planet.… Read More

Carroll County Solid Waste Workgroup Presents Incinerator Alternatives

Date: 20 Nov 2012 | posted in: waste - anti-incineration, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Zero Waste Carroll County, MD, an ad-hoc citizens group that has been fighting a garbage incinerator in neighboring Frederick County, has prepared an alternative plan for resource management for Carroll County. The plan was requested by Board of County Commissioners President Doug Howard after the County Commission determined that the financing for the incinerator plan was too risky for the County. Citizens … Read More

Creating Jobs and Saving Money through Reuse – A Deconstruction Case Study

The joint venture between Westmoreland Community Action (WCA), Greensburg, PA, and The ReUse People (TRP), Oakland, CA, completes a circle begun over a decade ago when HHS engaged ILSR to explore the feasibility of building deconstruction as a community development tool. The ILSR technical assistance work that followed led to the start up and expansion of numerous deconstruction companies and projects. As advisor to TRP, ILSR suggested that WCA would be a suitable partner as TRP expanded from its base in CA to nine additional sites throughout the U.S.… Read More

ILSR Joins Zero Waste Committee

Date: 12 Nov 2012 | posted in: waste - zero waste, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Neil Seldman, ILSR’s president and recycling-based economic development technical assistance provider, has accepted an invitation to serve as advisor to the Sierra Club’s National Zero Waste Committee. Seldman has worked extensively with local Sierra Club chapters throughout the US for over 30 years. Seldman will serve on the garbage incineration, extended producer responsibility (EPR), and economic … Read More

Next Organics Task Force Meeting, November 16, 2012

Date: 6 Nov 2012 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The National Capital Region Organics Task Force – co-chaired by ILSR – is hosting its next meeting on November 16, 2012, from 10a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Since hearing from model Master Composter programs at the last Task Force meeting on September 24, the group has developed a subcommittee (i.e. Master … Read More

Just 1 in 10 Indianapolis Residents Recycle. Why is That?

Date: 3 Nov 2012 | posted in: Media Coverage, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Indianapolis Star, November 3, 2012 Since 2008, Indianapolis has striven to be the greenest city in the Midwest. But with a curbside recycling rate of 10% and an incinerator contract that requires 300,000 tons of combustible trash a year, the city has had difficulty achieving its goal.  ILSR President Neil Seldman was interviewed for this piece … Read More

Chesapeake Compost Company Opens MD’s Largest Indoor Compost Facility

Date: 1 Nov 2012 | posted in: Composting, waste - composting, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Chesapeake Compost Company (CCC) has started operating in the Curtis Bay section of Baltimore as of October 1. The company will process 180 tons per week of separated discard food and 180 tons per week of wood chips into finished compost delivered to the 54,000 square foot facility by local businesses and institutions. The facility is … Read More

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